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Their "clean" athletes, however, will be allowed to compete as "neutral athletes." Putin says he will not blockade or ask the athletes to boycott.
That means they can't have the Russian flag, can't march in the opening ceremony, won't hear the Russian Anthem on the podium, their outfits have to read as OAR instead of RUS (Olympic Athletes Russia).
Also no officials from the Russian Olympic Committee are present.. in fact some have been banned from the Olympics for life.

WHAT A MESS.

The decision was made by the IOC after an intense investigation shown that as many as 1000 athletes in 2014 at the Sochi Games had their blood tests tampered with to not show doping. This is the first time a country has been banned for doping.

I just feel so badly for the Russian athletes that are doing the right thing.

Yes, even I can misspell four-letter words. Can you imagine that pewp?

What's everyone thinking about the UFO stuff? I mostly think it's tricks of the light or maybe altitude playing with eyes and brains. But like, I can't devote time to thinking about it. My brain just can't. Then I just saw this cartoon and it expresses my feelings better than my words

My political party is full of batshit conspiracy theorists and the list serv is like UFO-a-palooza in there.

It’s great for a laugh, though. I remember one chain of emails that started as “how can libertarians mobilize against ICE” and ended with “the government is covering up that the Hadron Collider kills ghosts”.

A cat that became an internet sensation because of her gloomy expression has won $710,000 (£500,000) in a copyright case.

Grumpy Cat, whose real name is Tardar Sauce, went viral due to her permanently moody face, which is thought to be caused by feline dwarfism and an underbite. Her popularity spawned a Christmas film, TV appearances and a range of merchandise including soft toys and clothing.

In the trial at California federal court Grumpy Cat Limited sued a US coffee company Grenade after they broke the terms of an agreement over the use of the cat’s image.

In 2013 Grenade’s owners struck a $150,000 deal to serve iced coffee beverages branded with the cat’s face called “Grumppucinos”. However, in a court filing Grumpy Cat’s owners said the coffee company had “blatantly infringed” their copyrights and trademarks when they began selling roasted coffee and Grumppucino T-shirts featuring the cat’s face.

The coffee chain’s owners countersued and said Grumpy Cat had not held up their end of the deal to promote the drinks on social media. They also complained they were told the cat would be appearing in a film alongside Will Ferrell and Jack Black, but this did not happen.

The judge ultimately sided with the cat, however, and ordered that the coffee company pay $750,000 in damages alongside a $1 nominal damage fee for breach of contract.

According to Courthouse News, the five-year-old cat was brought into court during the trial, but was not present for the verdict.

That's a lot of kitty treats!

Maybe for once, someone will call me "Sir" without adding, "You're making a scene."

I usually have zero fucks to give about sports, but this was doubly awesome. 1) Being from the Philly area I'm thrilled for my home city, and especially my dad who lived to see his beloved Eagles win a Super Bowl, and 2) How satisfying that they won against a team I truly hate, the Patriots. Fuck you Tom Brady and fuck you Bill Belichick, you sad, obsolete, out of touch Trump enablers.